Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-01
lPORD,s VIVA RANCH.
'Argess vineyard I'm the
world.

nrgess Vineyard I'm the
world.
y has heen q great deal written
AGnntor Stanford's immense ranch
d - but the only way to get an ade-
~ 10sA Of it is to pay the place a
1hb IN Enterprise reporter did
QoZp go. Stanford's ranch begins
n ~ 1ehemA county line, and the first
- gets of hls land 10 not prepos-
Is u nothing but barren,
- plain, where the bedrock crops
~ epots and everywhere lies but q
~ beneAth the surface. Nothing
0oW here except . short, dry
bat the sheep like this weed, and
p1o1A = therefore one vast sheep
~ toe senator Stanford is q man of
~ roBources and manages to findsa
II I'll the land he owns.
y you approach Vina, the aspect of
eountzy suddenly changes, and you
~ fr0m sun-burned plains into the
- Of alfalfa fields and vineyards.
y togner ere made productive by fre-
M flooding from irrigating bitches.
, 1ooding d good for the soil. but
for health, and II it makes alfalfa,
oADo makes malaria. The water is
na9ht n ditches from Deer Creek an d
~ into the fields until 1t stands in
Sus1 lake. Az soon - one crop of
M b cut, another is raised in this
NJ Ill the year round. It is used
~ extensively for stock, in place of
- the vineyard is the wonderful
noenfe Of the Stanford ranch. It ex.
|rn6o for several miles up and down on
l4GA eide Of the road - you approach
VA and back from the road as far as
>AAsyo can reach. In some places the
- y ase large, in Others they have just
~ ont, and in the latter case they
pported by an army of stakes.
vineyard contains $500 acres, and
~ largest in the world, but still the
cooer = mot satisfied, and proposes to
~ 1000 acres. More vines are being
one svsry year. The prattiest sight Of
- The old Gerke vines, which form
4neAeus of Senator Htanford's vine.
These vines are all old and
fully i've feet high. The trunks
4G8e than Q mans arm. The
49, ere trimmed off at the bottom
Moved to grow out at the top,
he vineyard looks like an orchard
81nG peach trees; and they are all
lnsd on 90 evenly that they make
- lovel floor Of green as the eye
nDooo oeross them.
h vines already in bearing require
" o1tontion Of several hundred men,
, lnkh cars of the grapes they produce;
- b viii take small army of men to
1sod - the crop each year when all
y vines get to bearing The winery
Boo1y In use ON the ranch is large
l11lng, but now Senator Stanford is
yeng . brick structure erected which
two acres. The walls are already
y llO pillars are being erected, to
: the roof. The building is to
= wine vats and casks, and is a
: wine-cellar above ground. 1t
nmmoth proportions, but 30 is
byard, and so will the crops of
..
ould talk about the vineyard and
Ill day, but there are other
be mentioned. Next to his
j Senator Stanford's esteem.
fine horses. Of these there
bands TO be seen, all beauties
be best blood. The Senator
- 8 speciality of raising fast horses,
- he sells for fancy figures. Every
- u spirited. beautifully proper.
~, and looks sleek and smooth.
~ two stallion, to which he breeds all
nars. ere Clay and Whips. The
EnGe the Senator values at $40,
~ = : rather small, brown horse,
4 and gentle in disposition. Whips
Ane large bay, full of life and beau.
y built. In fact, the Senator con.
Whips the ideal Of horsefesh and
4 prioe. The animal was expected
% very fast time, but was famed
pazly training at Palo Alto, and
used only for breeding pur.
Several fine horses have been
tely ON the Palo Alto track,
considered too hard, and the
ntepds to build training track
NINA ranch. Negotiations are
pfogrevs for the purchase of the
"a estate, which adjoins Stanford
vest, next to the river, and when
10AOts0thO4 0AO COAhphObCo tuc
ri probably be built on this land.
Of the fine stock will be brought
which will be made headquart.
he training department.
features Of this wonderful ranch
extended mention. The nine
Fns for the. horses, which are
comfortable a. most dwellings,;
ms where the Holsteins have
Ftsrs, kept ~ neat as parlor; those
cid Holstein cattle themselves. of
nstrous size and beautifully marked
oack and white; one COW in particu.
which 10 being fattened for beef, TO
- $500 pounds, and which now
- nearly 1000; Senator Stanford's
lpme two-story residence, with its
snsfvs lawns. flower gardens, and
n1nAry-all Of these things attract the
and interest of the stranger.
~ then everything about this great
0neh = Of interest, and after the visitor
- spsnt the day in examining the diff
|uonS features. he still feels how little
y - seen. The ranch 10 one of the
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